The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh also endorsed the leadership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee
The government told Portugal on December 12 that the gangster would not be given capital punishment if he were extradited to India.
The BJP leadership too has rallied behind Vajpayee, saying he would remain the party's undisputed leader.
The prime minister, however, refused to disclose the date of the reshuffle.
The decisions were taken in the state cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
Given Modi's track record from the time he became Gujarat chief minister in October 2001, it is highly improbable that Nabin will get opportunities to display his individual capacity. Even the team of organisational leaders that he will 'appoint' in a few weeks or months, will unlikely to be his choice, predicts Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay.
He did not spare even Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who had dropped by to wish him on his birthday.
Sources in the prime minister's office said a meeting of the Union Cabinet scheduled for the evening has been postponed.
In a culture where children take up the profession of their father, her becoming a politician was seen as natural and acceptable.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari emphasizes the importance of truthfulness and confidence in politics, citing Balasaheb Thackeray as an example. He also addresses funding in his department and praises from Chief Minister Fadnavis.
Former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief K S Sudarshan and former Bharatiya Janata Party president Murli Manohar Joshi on Friday attended a function to release a book, which severely criticises former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Offering his condolences to Vajpayee's family and admirers, Rahul Gandhi said the former prime minister was loved and respected by millions.
His meeting with Vajpayee was described as a 'courtesy call'. Manmohan Singh called on the President to inform him about the Cabinet decision to request him to address both Houses of Parliament on June 7.
The two countries to resume a composite dialogue next month to resolve all outstanding issues, including Jammu and Kashmir.
Mohite is expected to replace Heavy Industries Minister Balasaheb Vikhe Patil, who has resigned on the directive of his party chief Bal Thackeray.
Shiv Sena leader and Heavy Industries Minister Balasaheb Vikhe-Patil on Saturday resigned from the Union Cabinet.
The prime minister will be in the state for four days.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh discussed the evolving situation in Nepal and the upcoming SAARC Summit in Dhaka with former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and leader of opposition L K Advani on Wednesday.
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Bannerjee is 'almost certain' to enter the Cabinet.
The Union Cabinet's nod is required to give effect to the government decision to allow private carriers to fly to Colombo, Civil Aviation Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy said on Wednesday.
'The size has left no room for negotiations and pressures. From the very start the signal has gone that this is the ministry and it will remain,' Sitaram Yechury said.
In an apparent bid to resolve the row over divestment in public sector units including the one involving HPCL and BPCL, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee held an informal meeting of senior Cabinet ministers.\n\n
The inaugural Afro-Asian Games will be held in Hyderabad from October 24 to Novermber 1.
Union Labour Minister and a prominent BJP leader from Delhi Sahib Singh Verma, however, said the subject of law and order will remain with the Centre.
After being elected president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in 1999, Najma Heptulla rang up the then Congress chief Sonia Gandhi from Berlin to convey the news but had to hold the phone line for an hour as a staff told her that 'madam is busy'.
Health Minister Shatrughan Sinha is likely to be allotted another portfolio, BJP sources said.
It has approved an amendment to the Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
A strategist and a quintessential political leader with grassroots connect, Rajnath Singh is credited with expanding the Bharatiya Janata Party's organisational network in the Hindi heartland state of Uttar Pradesh in the 1990s and the subsequent decades.
The Cabinet meeting and the holy dip comes on a day that marks the first anniversary of the consecration ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
The Supreme Court's opinion on the presidential reference can impact on any number of cases if and when governors, if not the President, take a literary view of the Supreme Court's 'ppinion' on their 'discretionary powers' without reference to the rider on 'reasonable time', points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
Cutting across party lines, political leaders welcomed the government's decision to confer Bharat Ratna, the nation's highest civilian honour, on former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and freedom fighter Madan Mohan Malviya.
Vajpayee held consultations with Deputy Prime Minister Advani, BJP president Venkaiah Naidu and Finance Minister Jaswant Singh in this regard on Monday night.
Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha, a bitter critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi regime, on Saturday joined Trinamool Congress days ahead of the high-octane West Bengal assembly polls.
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